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Personal info

Full name
HYDOCK, Bernard Michael
Date of birth
8 April 1923
Age
21
Place of birth
Forest City, Susquehanna County, Pennsylvania
Hometown
Forest City, Susquehanna County, Pennsylvania

Military service

Service number
33461387
Rank
Technician Fourth Grade
Function
unknown
Unit
6th Cavalry Reconnaissance Squadron (Mechanized)
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
11 January 1945
Place of death
Near Tarchamps, Luxembourg

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Plot Row Grave
E 11 65

Immediate family

Members
John M. Hydock (father)
Helen A. (Royko) Hydock (mother)
Agnes H. Hydock (sister)
Edmund J. Hydock (brother)
Mary Hydock (sister)

More information

T/4 Bernard M. Hydock graduated from Forest City High School in 1942 and was employed by the Forest City Ice Company.

He enlisted in Wilkes Barre, Pennsylvania on 23 January 1943 and was sent overseas in October 1943.

T/4 Hydock was killed by artillery shell fragments in the face and shoulder.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men / Sicora Tree / 1940 Census / U.S. WWII Hospital Admission Card Files, www.findagrave.com - Shane O, www.newspapers.com - The Times Tribune 25 January 1945
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Luxembourg American Cemetery